Devil May Cry 5 ships 2 million in just two weeks

Devil May Cry 5 has shipped two million units worldwide since it launched on March 8th, 2019.

Director Hideaki Itsuno confirmed the milestone during a presentation at the Game Developers Conference. In comparison, mainline predecessor Devil May Cry 4 took a month to hit two million and only hit 2.32 by the end of its launch year. The game didn’t reach the three-million milestone until 2014 (thanks, VentureBeat).

Topping 10 million shipments in the second quarter of this year – owed, in part, to the long-awaited release of Monster Hunter: World on PC – the action-RPG has hit a record high for the Japanese publisher and developer, prompting a 70 per cent year-on-year increase in H1 revenue to ¥34.2 billion ($305 million) and boosting Capcom’s operating profit to ¥11.8 billion ($105 million), a 207 per cent increase on the previous year. Net profit rose 97% to ¥6.8 billion ($61 million).

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